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Chapter 16 – Return to Dark Elf Island
As for the spiritual care of children who have been seriously injured in wars, etc., since a bigwig of the Church, a Cardinal, has appeared, I have decided to withdraw from the city of Cagliari and to give only large sums of money. I am very bad with great people.
“Claretta. How is Alessia?”
I am very bad with big people, but I am even worse with beautiful women who are in a bad mood. I hope Alessia-san will be in a good mood again soon.
“Oh, Wataru… Wataru… Well, she’s not in a good mood yet. She’s dragging herself a bit.”
Although I don’t like beautiful women who are in a bad mood, I find it wonderful to see a dog-eared, big-breasted, red-cheeked beauty who still can’t get used to calling people by their first names.
Even though I’ve learned to address her as normal on the surface, Claretta-san is so naive, isn’t she? Thanks for the treat.
…No, Claretta-san looks so wonderful that I have strayed from my original purpose.
“Oh, well, it’s still not working. When do you think it will be over?”
“Um, well… I don’t know. It was a pretty bad fight this time. But I think she will be back to her normal Alessia before we get to Southern City.”
Even if Alessia-san is in a bad mood, she would never hit us, so there is no problem if we leave her alone, but she is just so tense that we have to pay attention to her.
It’s still a long way to the Southern City, so let’s let her relieve some stress.
“Meanwhile, monsters are gathering around the ship, so shall we try to defeat them?”
“Oh, that’s a good idea. Then I’ll go get Alessia and the others.”
“Please do that. I will be ready as well.”
It seems that Claretta-san understood my idea right away. I’m sorry for the monsters that will be used, but I’ll let them be sacrificed for the sake of our peaceful journey.
“Fufu, Alessia is still in a bad mood when it comes to her family.”
…Ines, driven to the depths of fear by her family, laughs at Alessia-san from above for some reason.
It’s pathetic to watch because the positions will surely be reversed in a few months. We’ll see when Bella-san joins us.
But while it’s good that we seem to be able to put Alessia-san in a good mood, it’s not good that Alessia-san returned with a cancer flag.
When I went to pick her up in Lucca, there was a bit of a disaster going on, so I asked her for more details and found out that they had a fight, which I can only assume was a flag.
Saverio-kun, the Sis-con, naturally wanted to go with Alessia-san, and naturally, Alessia-san refused him.
Of course, Saverio-kun, who is naturally resentful, suspects me, and Alessia-san is furious with him.
Unsatisfied, of course, he goes to ask not only Alessia-san but also the other members of Girasole.
Of course, Dorothea-san and the others refuse his request. Then, of course, he suspects that I have some secret and threatens Alessia-san and the others, and of course, he accuses me of something.
So far, the pattern was the same as last time, but this was where things started to get different. Saverio-kun had changed.
Saverio-kun thought about it. Last time, he tried to force me to take him with us and was severely scolded. Since he had been refused this time as well, he would probably be scolded again if he tried to force his way in.
What should he do then? A good idea flashed through Saverio-kun’s mind. Yes, that’s right! If he couldn’t come with us, why didn’t Alessia-san and the others just leave? He said.
Saverio-kun went to great lengths to spread the word. He asked for help from Girasole’s family and friends and even sent out the teachers and mentors who had helped Girasole at the Adventurers’ Guild.
Normally, this would not have caused such an uproar, but the fact that Girasole is considered a hero in Lucca is working in the wrong direction.
Yes, the locals’ natural desire for a hero to stay in their hometown became a favorable wind for Saverio-kun’s group.
Beginning with the residents’ pleas for goodwill, various attempts were made to keep the heroes in their hometowns, such as arranging sons-in-law and enticing them with money, goods, and status.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Lucca and the higher-ups of the Adventurers’ Guild were concerned about the relationship with me (the mage), and Girasole’s family, with a few exceptions, recognized the freedom of Alessia-san and the others and sided with Girasole, so Alessia-san and the others managed to shake off the attempts to keep them and escape from Lucca… If only they could have done that, it would have been a happy ending…
Saverio-kun is standing in front of Girasole as they leave Lucca.
This is where Alessia-san’s frustration at not being able to spend her return home in peace explodes.
When I arrived at the port of Lucca to pick up Girasole, Saverio-kun’s party, which had been beaten up by Alessia-san and the others, was lying on the ground like garbage.
I picked up the angry Alessia-san and set off to get away from Saverio-kun, who had dark anger in his eyes, but his eyes said he would leave no stone unturned.
That’s a flag for sure, isn’t it? From a funny story about a sis-con, it turned into a psycho story about how he will do whatever it takes to get his sister back! It’s a flag that the story will turn into a psycho story.
And I’ll probably be the one who suffers the most. I’ve heard that beautiful women shorten your lifespan, but maybe it’s true.
“Wataru. It’s time to kill the monsters, right? I’m in the mood for a little rampage, so please take out the Galette!”
Terrified at the memory of the horrible story, a motivated Alessia-san appeared at the opportunity to relieve her stress.
…Hmm… Alessia-san has a dazzling beauty. That alone is a sight to behold, but Dorothea-san and the others are also beautiful. It’s not an exaggeration to say that a halo shines on the scene.
Perhaps it is no wonder that my lifespan has shrunk a bit. Fortunately, we live in a world where life expectancy increases as you move up in the world, and it would be more profitable to increase your life expectancy than to decrease it.
It would be too much of a waste to distance myself from Girasole for Saverio-kun’s sake.
…Yes, I have made up my mind. Let’s break the flag.
My home is the open sea. It’s not an easy place to reach, no matter how hard Saverio-kun and his team try.
The problem will be when I come ashore and when Alessia-san and the others go home, but I’ll just have to make do with the extra money I have, just as I did with the orphanage.
This time, the money is not for charity but for personal use, and I have enough to spare.
From the looks of things, I have no doubt that they will go after Alessia-san. It’s obvious that we’re going to be visiting Southern City a lot, so let’s ask the master of the merchant guild in Southern City to help us out.
Let’s ask him to keep an eye on the activities of Saverio-kun and the others and let them live a different life than we do.
“Wataru. You smile as if you are planning something.”
Oh no, I shouldn’t have done that. My determination seems to have seeped into my expression.
“No, it’s nothing. I’ll get the Galette ready right away.”
Oh, if it gets out that I’ve been sneaking around trying to separate from Saverio-kun, I might get in trouble later.
Hmm. I think it’s possible that Alessia-san will go to meet him after getting information, but since Saverio-kun is likely to do something reckless in pursuit of us, we should discuss the possibility of taking action in the Southern City to understand his behavior.
It would be a waste of time and energy if Alessia-san and the others didn’t like me because of my countermeasures against Saverio-kun, wouldn’t they?
Maybe Alessia-san would agree with me, with a worried look on her face.
If I take all these measures and hardly have a chance to see Saverio-kun, the flag will disappear, right?
Hey? Is this a flag, too?
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We finally arrived at the Dark Elf Island.
After defeating the monsters, Alessia-san’s mood returned to normal, and even in the Southern City, we had all the construction materials we needed, so there were no events that would cause us any problems.
Although he looked at me a little strangely when I asked him to help me figure out Saverio-kun’s movements, the Guild Master agreed and promised to make the necessary arrangements after I explained that he seemed to be taking on the reckless challenges that are characteristic of young people. He charged me a commission and a fee, though.
“Wataru-sama. It’s amazing! There are many square stones. We can build a house!”
“Yes, that’s right. It seems that the master of the merchant guild has prepared good-quality construction materials for us.”
Hmm, maybe it’s because I’ve been thinking dirty thoughts lately, like trapping people, but when I see Princess Annemarie looking innocently happy at a large amount of construction materials while holding Rimu in her arms, I feel like… my dirty thoughts have been brought to light.
I feel like confessing everything and doing penance, but I don’t want to because I feel that if I do that kind of penance, Creator God-sama will make me do something reckless, saying it’s for atonement or something.
When you are acquainted with God, His influence appears in strange places, doesn’t it?
“Wataru-sama. How would you like to unload?”
Lea-san asked me while looking at the construction materials piled up in the Stronghold parking lot.
That’s right. That’s the problem, isn’t it?
I also noticed the problem when I loaded the construction materials from the sea. At the time of the orphanage, I had the help of the Cagliari Navy to unload, but this time it was difficult.
I can manage to move the building materials by putting them on a rubber boat and summoning and returning them, but I need manpower to put them on the rubber boat and to unload them from the rubber boat.
Some of the stones for the construction materials are quite large, and the mermaids don’t have a lot of manpower, so it will be a hard, unpleasant task.
“Maybe we should ask the dark elves to help as well.”
“Eh?”
Lea-san looks at me with a strange expression. Why?
“Well, I thought you were worried about the manpower needed to unload the building materials?”
“No, unloading is something we just have to do our best, so there is no need to bother the dark elves.”
It’s amazing how you can say that it’s just a matter of doing your best. I think it’s kind of cool because my mind is just thinking in terms of making it easy for myself.
Well, I don’t think it’s demeaning because the desire to make things easy can be a catalyst for invention.
“So what was the question about?”
“It was a question about when we were going to start unloading, but I’m sorry I didn’t phrase it right. I guess I was looking forward to starting to build a village.
I see; building a village sounds like a lot of work, but it also sounds like fun, doesn’t it? The dark elves were also very excited when they were building their village. I think Lea-san feels the same way.
“We’re ready anytime, but it’s important to make arrangements, so let’s all talk about it before we start unloading.”
“You’re right. Is it okay if I ask you to discuss it tomorrow?”
I don’t mind if we do it now, but since I just got back, it seems like they’ve refrained from doing so. There’s no need to rush, so let’s discuss it tomorrow.
I’ve had experience building villages with the dark elves, but this is the first time I’ve built an underwater village, and I’m excited to see how it turns out.